I wrote a couple of posts about Pau after our visit in October 2016. Click here for a walk around Pau and here for some tips for families. The link for the tourist office is here. Now I’ve found more experiences to add, based on our visit a year later. Walking around the town brings…
Pau
Find your feet: the high ropes and the barefoot trail
The Forêt des Vert-tiges is a fantastic tree top rope course on the northern outskirts of Pau, south west France. We spent October half-term this year in Pau with our friend Jacqueline. What a great play on words: Forêt des Vert-tiges. Yes, it really is a forest of both vertigo and green branches. It’s described…
Pau, south-west France: 10 more tips for families
Carrying on from yesterday’s post about Pau, I’ve thought of 10 more tips for families visiting this lovely town. First of all you’ll need some food, either to enjoy on the spot or to take home with you. Specialist Food and drink includes Jurancon wine, fromage des Pyrenees, delicious patisserie and chocolate! We found this…
A walk around Pau, south-west France
Pau: “Porte des Pyrenees” The French town of Pau has a prime position just to the north of the Pyrenees, 50 km from Spain and 100 km from the Atlantic coast (Biarritz and St Jean de Luz). The Catholic pilgrimage town of Lourdes is only 30 km away. Pau is the capital of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques…
French chocolate nuns: how to make them at home
Pau is a lovely town at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwest France. Years ago, as a student of French and German, I spent several months at the university there as part of my degree course. There was a lot to explore in the area, and that included local food. I first came across…
